Juraj Kittler

Title

Dr.

Institution

St. Lawrence University

Current Research

the public sphere
postal networks
news networks
late medieval commercial networks
Renaissance diplomatic networks

Recent Publications

The Postal Revolution: Courier Networks in Italy, 1260-1600. (Leiden: Brill, 2025).

“Venetian Control of Information Flows with Constantinople and the Soft Power of a Renaissance State.” The Historical Journal (2024): doi: 10.1017/S0018246X2400058X

“Capitalism and Communications: The Rise of Commercial Courier Networks in the Context of the Champagne Fairs,” Capitalism: A Journal of History and Economics (2023): 109-152.

"‘The Pen is so Noble and Excellent an Instrument’: How the Medieval Merchants and Renaissance Diplomats Invented the Newswriting Style," Journalism Studies (2020): 1403-1419.

"Caught Between Business, War and Politics: Late Medieval Roots of the Early Modern European News Networks," Mediterranean Historical Review (2018): 199-222.